Personal Assistant for Jenny and Rachel

East Renfrewshire

Part Time Permanent

£13.45 per hour

Are you interested in working for an award winning social care charity? Personal Assistants (Support Workers) have the most important role within Enable by making a positive difference every day to the lives of the people we support. No two days are the same for our Personal Assistants but what we can guarantee is that you will be supporting someone who requires support to achieve their goals and outcomes – whatever they may be!

Each person we support has different support requirements, so your support worker role may include assisting them with various aspects of personal care, moving and handling or positive behavioural support whilst expanding their social networks and connections.

Enable creates a bespoke team around every individual we support, and our team of Personal Assistants work collaboratively to ensure the safety, wellbeing and aspirations of the people we support are met.

Jenny and Rachel are looking for a caring, patient, and respectful support worker to provide daily support from 12pm–10pm daily and 8am-10pm on Saturday’s and Sunday’s.

Both ladies require full support with all aspects of daily living, including personal care, medication, and meals. Rachel is non verbal, and stays in Newton Mearns, and enjoys, aromatherapy, getting out and about in the community, she loves watching films, and socialising with family and friends. Rachel has her own mobility car which staff would be expected to drive.

Jenny stays in Barrhead and loves going out shopping, to the café for her favourite Macaroni cheese and likes to go to the hairdressers to have her hair done. Jenny likes to be involved in household tasks, such as making her bed, and values support from staff that encourages her independence while providing assistance when needed.

The successful candidate will support Jenny and Rachel to maintain their independence by involving them in decisions and respecting their choices. It is important that both ladies are supported at their own pace, so a candidate who is patient, respectful, encouraging, and committed to person‑centred support will be a great asset to the teams.

It is essential that you are effective communicator with a calm demeanour, methodical approach and a can do attitude. If you share the same interests and values, can work in partnership with the ladies to achieve their goals, and are willing to commit yourself as a member of their staff teams then we look forward to hearing from you.

Enable needs you and your values to help us create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

You don’t need experience in care to start your social care career with Enable. We recruit people based on their values and transferrable skills. Wherever your journey has taken you up until now, join us, and together we will forge a new path in what could potentially be the most rewarding role you have ever had!

• The ability to adapt your communication style in order to develop successful and enjoyable relationships with the people we support.
• The commitment to work with individuals through their personal support plans to ensure people achieve their goals and outcomes and celebrate their successes.
• A positive and flexible outlook to your work, and be able to work on your own and as part of a team.

We believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:

• Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
• Introduction to autism
• Epilepsy awareness
• Moving and Handling
• Adult support and protection
• Child support and protection
• First Aid
• Positive Behaviour Support

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
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